Monthly Archives: March 2013

Wow. Can’t believe tomorrow is the first day of April! Easter weekend and I must say – I thought that I would be a lot worse than I have been!!! I have ate pretty good this weekend, worked out every day and feel great! I didn’t log my food as closely, but I did stay within calorie limits each day…for the most part. 🙂 I bought new running shoes Friday night…ran in them for 25 minutes…and went on a full run last night – 6 miles! I haven’t ran that long outside in I don’t know how long…but I cruised and felt great. My leg has been bothering me lately during runs and I think it was because the shoes I had were wearing out. The cushion wasn’t as plush and as soon as I put these new one on – WOW – I must say – they feel awesome and I feel awesome!

Anyways, real point of this post..and why most of you are probably reading is to get an update on my pictures and measurements. SO here we go…

March was a a bit more challenging. I wasn’t as strict with my diet so I didn’t lose as much as I probably could have. If you remember, my goal was to be 140 pounds by today. Well, while I did not hit 140.0 exactly, I did weigh-in this morning at….

140.8!!!!! So, I will take it! Considering I was not as strict with my eating and started incorporating weights into my workout (i.e. muscle weighs more than fat), I am MORE than happy with this number! 🙂 That’s only 5.8 pounds away from my June goal of 135.0 so I am way ahead of track.

Now onto measurements! From last month, I didn’t lose THAT much, but I did still lose some in certain areas! From the end of February to the end of March measurements were:

Last month to this month – back view
Last month to this month – side view

January 2, 2013 on left – March 31, 2013 on right – front view
January 2, 2013 on left – March 31, 2013 on right – back viewJanuary 2, 2013 on left – March 31, 2013 on right – side view

So there you have it! Happy Easter all – God Bless and I hope you have/had a great day with your loved ones. Tomorrow starts a 12 week program of weight lifting and half marathon training to get lean and trim by June 30, 2013!

Today was an amazing day. I booked my ticket to INDIA! That’s right – from July 7 – 21, 2013, I will be traveling to a far away land with some of my best friends for another best friend’s wedding. CAN. NOT. WAIT! Part of our vacation will be spent in the beach party town Goa which means I have even more reason to stick to it and GET IN SHAPE. I’m sure by July I will be at an image/weight that I am extremely happy with, but it’s still motivation to keep on going! Woot woot tut tut!

This leads to my next point – I went to the gym at 9:15 p.m. tonight. It was hard, trust me…especially when my leg is hurting from my shoes (time to get new ones). But, I pushed through it, did a little cardio and weights, and burned 325 calories. Not my best workout, but hey, it’s better than no workout at all, right? Anyways, time to hit the sac! Food intake was:

Another great day, although now that I’m laying in bed, my legs are starting to KILL me. I think it’s a combo between yesterday’s leg workout and today’s 2 x day workout. Yes, I worked out on lunch with my coworker Sarah (elliptical, bike, stairmaster – burned 525 calories) AND with Annie after work (stairmaster, biceps, triceps, chest – burned 360 calories). I have a feeling I’m going to be regretting it tomorrow so I’m foreseeing a very easy day at the gym. Ha! That said – I’m pooped and heading to bed, but needed to do my daily thangggg, yo! Here we go:

You know when you wake up and you know it’s going to be a great day? Today was one of those days. I had an awesome day at work (for no apparent reason – just did), followed by a great workout with Annie. We did some interval cardio on the treadmill for 35 minutes, followed by an hour of cardio/weights. We felt kind of silly doing jumping jacks in between or leg presses, lunges, squats, butt blasters, etc., but I’ll tell you what – they get your heart rate up and keep you burning more calories while working those muscles. I cooled down with a row and ended up burning 626 calories total. Boo ya! I’m really cracking down this week because not only do I have my FINAL weigh-in on Friday for Biggest Loser at work, but I also have to report to everyone on Sunday my weight/measurements. Plus, pigging out on Easter is a given. 🙂 Food intake for the day was:

Woke up today – back at it. Last week and still need to try and hit my goal. I’ve started looking at March as kind of a “wash month” because I slipped up a lot and while I didn’t gain, I have barely lost. I also might be starting to plateau so beginning next week, the first of April, I’m really going to ramp up my entire routine – cardio AND weight lifting. Gotta get this body bikini ready! 🙂 Went to the gym on lunch – cardio only – intervals on both the treadmill and stairmaster. Worked it for 45 minutes, burned 465 calories and ate the following:

The title says it all. Weekends have been KILLING me. Now that I am getting to a weight/image that I am extremely happy with, I am finding myself relaxing more often than usual, drinking, eating out, etc. This is fine, if I was at the end of my journey and in maintenance mode, but I’m not there yet. So yes, that is why I am being hard on myself about this. 🙂

Saturday I did not do too bad eating wise. In fact, I only had chocolate protein pancakes in the morning. I didn’t get a workout in because I slept in, was running around like crazy before meeting my friend at 5 for drinks, and then met my Aunt and Uncle for dinner at 9. That was the only other time I ate so food wise (soup, scallops, asparagus and a few bites of mashed potatoes), I think I was okay. But I did have a few martinis, which probably set my calorie intake WAYYY over for the day. Ah well.

Sunday I woke up, went for a 45 minute run (burned 437 calories) and then went and met my Aunt and Uncle for lunch. I had a chorizo egg white omelette….wiiiithhhh truffle fries. I can’t go to Rockit and NOT get truffle fries (I have a truffle addiction). ha! Then I met Francois at the airport and we went to Hoffbrau Haus Chicago and I had 2 small beers and some cheese/crackers and a pretzel. I then went and met Annie for church and the gym, where I worked out for a second time, burning 563 calories (38% of them being from fat – GREAT!). That gave me a total of 1,000 burned for the day…so hopefully it evens out the weekend…haha. I went home, had some steakhouse left overs (2 scallops, a little piece of lobster and steak, potatoes, and asparagus) and passed out.

99 days to reach my goal! We’re out of the 100’s, folks! Wow! Can’t believe it has been 80 DAYS that I’ve been on my new and improved me transformation! Crazy how fast time flies. 80 days and 16 pounds lighter – I feel great! Can’t wait to keep going and see where I get to by June 30th!

I went to the gym right before swimming with Ms. Annie and burned 326 calories. During swimming class, we practiced breaststroke again which O.M.G. so hard and confusing! I’ll get it one day, but I do not prefer it, that’s for sure! Given that we practiced this difficult stroke, I didn’t get such a vigorous workout as I normally do so I think I only burned about 200 calories, bringing my total for the day to 526.

After swimming, Cellie and I went to State Restaurant/Bar, where I had a veggie burner (omitted most of the bun), veggies and a few bites of truffle mac and cheese (mmmm!). I also had 2 large Weissbiers, my weakness. So needless to say, I kind of stopped counting calories at that point…